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8849122799What was the time period for Egypt ?3200 BCE0
8849122800What river flowed through Egypt and were the floods predictable ?Nile river and yes they were predictable.1
8849122801Geographical description of EgyptNatural barriers like deserts People settled on one side of river; other side reserved for religion which led to centralization2
8849122802Who ruled over Egypt?Pharaoh3
8849122803Who was the first female Pharoh ?Her name was Nephritides4
8849122804When was the old kingdom established in Egypt?3200-2200 BCE5
8849122805When was the Middle Kingdom established in Egypt?2100-1650 BCE6
8849122806When was the New kingdom established in Egypt ?1550-700 BCE7
8849122807How was the Nile river used?It was used for trade ( government directed) and agriculture8
8849122808What was they dependent upon ?Nile river9
8849122809What did they grow and who did they trade with ?They grew wheat and barely and traded off with Mesopotamia and Nubia10
8849122810What was their religion and what did the believe in ?They were a polytheistic religion and believe in the afterlife (Amen Rah- sun god, Osiris- God of Nile)11
8849122811Who did they mummified?Nobility, Kings, and Pharaoh and the priest performed this.12
8849122812What was the social class of Egypt?1. Pharaoh and higher priests 2.Artists, merchants, lesser priests. 3. Farmers 4. Slaves ( women were not treated equal to men but have more rights than in others societies.)13
8849122813What was their first writing system?Hieroglyphics which derived from cuneiform.14
8849122814What was the Egyptians art?They built pyramids and statues of gods, sculpture, paintings, carvings in architecture15
8849122815What happened to Egypt?Ephesians eventually gave way to the end of River Valley and the development of the kingdom of Kush in later Axum allowed by Ethiopia.16

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